The final coalition will include the Prime Minister’s Likud-Beiteinu, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid (“There is a Future”), Naftali Bennet’s Habayit Hayehudi (“Jewish Home”), and Tzipi Livni’s Hatnuah (“The Movement”). With a 68 seat majority coalition in the 120 seat Knesset, Israel’s new government will remain on thin ice, as any defection would result in political impasse.

With a new coalition ready to take charge, Netanyahu will welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to Israel next week. The President is expected to reach out to Israeli citizens, discuss the Iranian nuclear program and the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and lay a wreath on the graves of both Yitzhak Rabin and Theodor Herzl to symbolize his acknowledgement of the fact that Israel is the ancient home of the Jewish people.

Image courtesy of Marc Israel/The Jerusalem post

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Mikey Pasek is an Eisendrath Legislative Assistant. He is from Philadelphia, PA, and is a graduate of Bates College. Follow Mikey on twitter @mikeypasek and on the web at www.michaelhpasek.com